Coin-assorting apparatus



J. LEJA. COIN ASSORTING APPARATUS.

APPLICAION FILED DEC. 17, |919.

lpf' Patented July 11% N20..

2 SHEETS-SHEET-L J. LEJA.

COIN ASSORTING APPARATUS.

APPLICAHON FILED Uc.17,1919.

Patented July 13, R920.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

- -To @ZZ-whom t mag/"conce'm iij LEJA, a citizen Fallentimber, in the county-of fic A UNITED STATES lBe it known that I, JoziiFZj of theUnited States ofPoland vresiding at ambria and State of Pennsylvania, havey invented cery tain new and useful Improvements in Coiri'- Assorting Apparatus, of which the f )l1ow v ingjs a specification.

his invention-relatesto' certain new and v useful 'improvements coin-asserting. apf; paratusA particularly, adapted. to' separate .anddeliver into separatey'compartments', ions ina quitar-' coins of different denominat and eiiicient manner.

a chute construction which is so devised as to effect the deliveringof the coins into cer-` tain compartments according to the denominations of the coins. The invention resides in certain vspecific details and thel combination and arrange-X ment'of vparte as will be hereinafter. more llike reference characters .designate correfully described and lsponding parts rvthroughout.. the several i' views,

es v 4 cordance with the presentinvention,

:Figure 1 isla front elevational view of a coin-assorting apparatus constructed in ac- Fig. 2 isa top plan view thereof,

Fig. 3 is a view, partly inv elevation and partly in central vertical section j ofthe device shown in Fig. 1,

` Fig. 4 is an enlarged Vfrag nientary sectional detail View, partly broken away, and

I taken substantially upon line vFSI- IV ofl ig. 5- is a fragmentary-detail view show-- ving the yieldable coin-supporting members of the conveying means in plan and the driving sprocket for the endless member of the conveying means,

Fig. 6 -'s an .edge elevational view of a fragment of the lendless member and the coin-supporting- 4members carried -therebyfg I f V'plate '1 -4 willlhavez only one vcoin. resting and . vtrate said member 11 and Fig. 7 is asectional detail view taken stantially upon line II-VII gf Fig; 3, i

PATENT OFFICE.

.l g fromm mignon FALLENriMBER, PENNSYLVANIA.

'. oi:iT-Assonr1ne.Arrmrnsf 7 Referring morefin detail`toL the several substantially rectangular casing 5 having a bottom portion-thereof, which drawer is diviews, the present-apparatus embodies a vided into a plurality of compartments 8, 9,

Vand 10 adapted tohavefcoins of different denominations delivered thereto in a manner and by a means to be presently described.

The hopper' is open at its bottom so that coins which are placed therein will fall on the endless member, 11 of'the conveying jmeansv The endless member 11 is prefer- -l Briefly describedVthe invention embodies' acasing having, a hoppeninto-whichcoins of different..l denominations -are s'imulta :if

neous'ly put, .conveyingmeans'onto which4 `the coins fall from the hopper andb 'means .of which the coins are transferred singly. to

'fasten the plates in position. A `slightly -similar butsmaller resilient plate 14 is fasf tened v`upon each plate 12 by means of the 1 rivets 13, and the flat or fastened ends of the plates ,14 .are turned Aoutwardly as at 14v ably in Athe form ofa beltl and has, at suitable intervals, a plurality-0f resilient plates 12 secured thereto. The plates 12 are preferably at 'at one end as shown in -F ig. 6

and rivetsf13`are l'passed through this fiat end and through theendless member 11 to sc as to form abutments against which theV comsrest :for insuring 4movement of the coins with the endless member 11 when the same is caused to travel in the direction inj dicated by the arrow a in Fig. 3. rlhe end- 1 vof a shaft 17, and the other of which is journaled in the casing 5 above the drawer 7 by means of a shaft 18 which is providedwith a crank 19 'exteriorly of the casing 5 so that the drum 15 carried by said shaft 18 may be manually rotated for causing movement .of the endless member 11 when desired. In

order to insure movement of the member 11 upon rotation of the drums, the latter are provided with suitable spurs 20. which penei-against the plates 14.- as the latterpass therebeneath.) These springs 21 prevent more than one coin passing at a time so that each thereon.

The 7 vlates yield toward the endless member 11 slightly under the pressure of the springs 21 if the thickness of the coin so demands.

An inclined guard plate 22 is positioned beneath the return flight of the endless member l1 and has its upper end arranged close to the endless member so that coins are forced to drop from the conveying means onto the upper surface of the inclined chute 23 which is disposed beneath the guard plate 22 in spaced relation to the latter.

The chute 23 is extended downwardly to a point above the compartment 9 of the drawer 7 as shown in Fig.- 3 and has a suitable trough member 24 secured to its lower end so that coins which pass from said trough, will, through momentum gained while passing down the chute 23, ily onwardly and downwardly into the compartment 8. The chute 23 is provided with an elongated slot 25 substantially midway between its ends which is of such size as to prevent coins of a certain denomination Jfrom passing therethrough, and this denomination of coin is the one which will be delivered to compartment 8 of drawer 7. All coins which are smaller will pass through slots 25 onto a second chute 26 which is disposed beneath chute 23. Chute 26 is also provided with a slot 27 adjaoentwits end which is of such a size as to prevent coins of another denomination from passing therethrough and to thereby cause the sameto pass from the lower end of said lchute 26 into compartment 9 of the drawer 7.

Smaller coins will be perI-I'iittedl to pass through slot 27 and will strike the delector 28 which is fastened to the chute 26 and will thereby be directed into comparti-- that the construction and stood andA appreciated from the foregoing description.

While the forms of the various parts and the combination and arrangement of parts shown and described are believed to be preferable, it is nevertheless .to `beV understood that minor changes may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as claimed.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is In a coin-assorting apparatus, means for delivering coins from a point of supply to a point of separation including an endless member having a plurality of resilient plates secured thereon, each adapted for the reception of a coin, abutments carried by said plates adapted to engage the coin for insuringmovement of the latter with the endless member, means disposed above said endless member to prevent the passage of more than one coin at a time past the same, said lastnamed means including a spring arranged to bear upon said resilient plate.

In testimony whereof I alix my signature.

- JOZEF LEJ A. 

